The image of the creative city: Some reflections on urban branding in Turin

Cities

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 370-382

  Vanolo, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creative city; place branding; Turin; urban image

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GLOBALIZATION; MARKETING; URBAN AREA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 56449119793     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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